Allow me to be very clear about something before we begin: If you are the showrunner of a popular television series, and you use a Boyz II Men-related pun as the title of an episode, I will give it a positive review. It is really that simple. It doesn’t even have to be a good pun. Two and Half Men could air 30 uninterrupted minutes of Ashton Kutcher counting his money — not even in character, just him actually cashing his paycheck from the show and stacking all the bills in piles of $10,000 — and I would still give it a B- if they called it “Motown-Philling My Pockets With Cash.” I am not especially proud of this, but it’s not going to change anytime soon, so I figured I should be up front about it. Full disclosure and everything.

That said, last night’s episode of Happy Endings, “Boyz II Menorah,” was a gem regardless of its title. Pairing up Brad and Max always leads to terrific results, and letting an insane sex addict like Jane give relationship advice to the “boring couple” of the group was a great way to utilize all three people in an episode where they could have easily been overshadowed by big flashy stuff like dancing and Penny sort of becoming a pedophile. I like this show very much.

And now, the highlights:

The episode started with Max saying “Join me in welcoming: He entered a boy, but will be leaving a – entered a boy doesn’t sound great,” which is my favorite molestation joke since It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s classic “boy’s soul/boy’s hole” bit. A strong start.

Serious religious question: If I convert to Judaism today, can I have a Bar Mitzvah like the ones the kids in the show had? Because I will totally do it if I can.

Alex is the bestworst at being sexy. On one hand, she’ll throw paint in your eye. On the other hand, her idea of packing is a bag filled with the travel version of Guess Who and “a terrifying amount of condoms.” So… push? (Also, she has pig friends. Maybe you like that. Pervert.)

Penny is like Jewish boy crack, and she will show you her boobs if you give her events a positive review. Something to file away for later.

Tasers only make Jane stronger. I am in love with this woman. She is scarier than a shark phlebotomist, and I do believe I like it. It’s a shame she’s already found her “chocolate anaconda.”

“BETRAYAL.”

“Now I got just one commandment for y’all: Thou shalt not STOP … DANCING!”

“White people love black people. Why do you think we’ve been wholesale ripping off your culture for decades? It’s out of love … and greed. But mostly love … of money.”

Feel free to leave your favorite moments and quotes in the comments. Me? I’ll be watching this 100 times in a row.

I think I backed up and rewatched the Steps in the rap like 4 times. The second, adorably coy “It’s also a secret”, then the awesome flow on “In fact steps 9 through 21 are secrets as well! *lightning strike*” just slayed me…

And I’m still moderately surprised how hilarious Kim Bauer is, and am glad that Eliza Coupe and Casey Wilson got a place to shine after Scrubs and SNL.

Gah, this episode started so strong and just got better and better. Driedle spin was the best. And Brad totally did it better. I also hope they tell us next episode how Penny got out of the jewboy trap at the end.

As a member of the tribe, they really nailed the whole “Penny is Jewish boy crack” angle of her character but they left out “boobs” as a reason.

To kind of answer your serious question, I haven’t been to a Bar Mitzvah where the hype man was so front and center before. Every party I’ve been to the hype man is also the DJ so he stays behind the DJ counter and sometimes he has ladies dancing in front of the counter. I was not one of the “cool kids” when I got Bar Mitzvah’d so I just had a normal old band play like it was a wedding.

thanks nussy, I remebered that episode too.
That episode made me go ask my parents and grand parents and they didn´t know either. My grand mother is 87 and she came from poland when she was little, she doesn´t remember any dreidle traditions.
Thats why I asked if it was a usa jew thing.

Dreidel is a game played around Chanukkah. There are four sides on a top, each with a different Hebrew letter, and every player puts in a little bit of candy/small coin. Depending on where it lands, you either get nothing (Nun), win the pot (Gimel), get half the pot (Hei), or add another bit of candy/small coin (Shin). It’s a fun way to teach kids how to gamble.

Role playing Jane is awesome. Her in the Pan Am uniform was awesome. Even Alex in her role playing costume paled in comparison, and that outfit was tremendous as well. Just a terrific way to spend 22 minutes. To say nothing of the Brad and Max scenes.

Don’t you see, yellowmenace? Danger Guerrero isn’t a person. Danger Guerrero is an idea, inside of all of us. Danger Guerrero represents all that is good in the world. We are Danger Guerrero, and Danger Guerrero is us.

Or, Danger Guerrero is a dude who writes about TV and likes Boyz II Men. Same thing.

I think we’ve all met Danger at some point in our lives. He’s that gleam you see in the eyes of a child as they smile at you with a melting ice cream cone resting in their little hands, that moment you feel when you watch the sun rise on the horizon, or that Bell Biv Devoe/Onyx Summer Jams Mixtape you made that somehow keeps moving between drawers without your efforts.